The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz., Monday:, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, aaio. aaterday. Extra Night. Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; Signori R nconi, Scalese and Marto. THIS EVENING (3IoNDAY), June 20, will be per formed, for the last tim but one this season, Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI S:VI6LIA. Rosina, Mdde. Adelina Patti ; Bei tha, Madame Tagiiafico ; Figaro, nignor Ronconi ; Bartolo, Signor Scalese ; Basilio, signor Tagliafico; F orello, Signor Polonini ; Sargente, Slgnor Rossi; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Int tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ~ t a Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; smphitheatzre.:2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the thea , re, which is aloof from ten to five, and at the principal musicselltrs' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL II AY M ARKET.- ole Lessee an d Manazer, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone. liogcrs, Clark, IV eathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by (for the 7th time) LORD DU.NDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, be Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Last 6 Nights of Hamlet and the present Season. Mr. FECHT ER will perform HAMLEr THIS EVENING (Monday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden -11,41 ; Horatio, Mr. J. a Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles; Messrs. W M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M Ilenrade ; and Gertrule, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet corn lienees at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. , ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE-. Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVFNTING will be . performed a new and original Drama, by H. Slous, Esq., entitle d , LIGHT AND SHADOW . Bir. D. Murray, D. F is h er, J. IN. Ray, J. .Nelson, &o.; Miss Stafford and asses Caroline Carson. Atter which, TELE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien. dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. N - Ew THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI. solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. rIITHIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. Followed by THE DEAD HEART: 'Robert Landry (his original Character), Mr. Benjamin Webster, huppo ted by Messrs. A. 'tirling, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart, taut Bedford, Bllington ; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Kelly, To conclude with TILE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, It. !tomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7, ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Di.,n Boucicault ,lisq., every Evening. Re engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Mathew-s. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular u)mes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle , Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. ~. Clarke, Mr. P Jul Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson. Mr. Asuley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, 31i5,4 H rbert, Mrs Flank Matthews, Miss H. zimms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Palmy Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Miss Herbert. At a quarter before F, an entirely new and original Cotney, In 5 acts, by Dion Boucioault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta:6imms. At 10, by paricular desire, CObl, AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. _ Commerce at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug - h. THIS EVENING, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne. Followed by THE )LAID OF' HONOUR. Miss Ada wanborouqh. After which, MAZOIIRKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &C. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. T. Thorne. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT.— RACE GLASSES (the beat) at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-etreet. N.B.—ziole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. DAMS BONNETS for JUNE.—Messrs. JAY'S IL Manager has It's day returned from Paris with an assortment of th, most elegant and fashionable Summer Bonnets, selected from the magnetos of the first houses in that city. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217,210, and 251, Regent-street. June 1, 180&, NY NOVEL STLE in FRENCH BONNETS..— French fash'on has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go samer texture, which accimmodate the present style of g earing ant ajspiayi.,Q; the lady's h ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though adhering to the favourite colours of black. white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spe tally imported from Paris for JAY'S, The Lc: - Zon General tiourning Warehouse, 247, 249, and 231, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 23s. per ton. Double 20s. per ton. Top 225. „ I Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," L Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLILNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace. Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 20, 1864. -~ -- THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 66 Barometer-29.94. ; fresh breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis °ruing,- Th. .5 gm. -:-Aft iriloon, 2h. 21m. onnow.-Merning, 2h. 47m.—Afternoon, 3i. 10.11. Sal { ; A 21111 LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1864. evening s us t a i ne d one The Government on Friday of the severest shocks that have yet assailed its tot tering strength. It is true that they escap e d a re petition of those defeats which have been growing lately by no means uncommon, and that the divi sion which closed a lengthened debate resulted in their favour, But the victory was like that of PYRRHUS, scarcely less dainzging than a repulse, and in fact a majority of seven in a house of four hundred and fifty-nine members is a virtual defeat. The real blow to the Cabinet, however, was not the alarming amount of the minority, or the narrow escape of a vote of censure, circumstances suffi ciently ominous in themselves to produce a strong manifestation of party feeling on the declaration of the numbers; the real danger to the Govern ment was in the debate which preceded the divi eion,aml in the startling disclosures which it elicited, and whose effect no counter charges, however reck less, no official ingenuity, however skilful, could avail to mitigate. The Government stand con victed, unless they can bring forward a much more satisfactory defence than any they have as yet made, iadivdually or collectively, of having rashly ex posed the lives of our troops to needless danger, of having hastily entered into a war which was likely to bring us nothing but loss and discredit, of having entirely n.9glected those preclutions for the health end accommodation of the men which the most 0. - riinary rules of common prudence would direct to be fo lowed in the healthiest locality, much more in the deadlie::t spot of a coast which has been styled, with only too much truth, the gra ve of Euro pans." It seems that while proclaiming 1 our ,ove of peace with a fervour and a pertinacity that ii make us the laugh:ng-stock cf the civilised world, we are engage d in half a dozen ware ia outlandish quarters while sc?rooly know ing it, Certainly, as Eir JOHN HAY remarked, it was not until very recently generally known that we were at war with the King of ASHANTEE, and we might almost quote the hacknied lines which tells us that 'tis folly to ba wise in some cases, since a more melancholy and humiliating record of humen life wasted and needless suffering inflicted by cEaial indifference and mismanagement has seldom dark ened our annals. Ashantee is siittated i❑ the Bight of Benin, in one of the most unfavourable parts of that sickly locality. We have a treaty with its KING, dealing among other points with matters of extradition, always excepting the restitution of escaped slaves. Two slaves fled to Cape Coast, bearing with them, it is said, some stolen gold. The KING insisted upon their extradition on the ground that they were criminals. The Governor objected on the ground that they were slaves. Evidence of their guilt was demanded, and argu ments went on. Surely this was a case for negotia tion or compromise rather than warfare. But the KING proceeded to ravage a territory under the protectorate of England, and forthwith a war was commenced, if that can be called a war in which our troops were matched with no mortal foe, but with the pestilence that walketh in darkness, that de• stroyeth in the noonday. A large number of troops, mostly coolies from the West Indies, were landed on Cape Coast Castle at the commencement of the 1 rainy reason, without any adequate preparation being made for their reception or accommodation in a eountry in which, above all others, such provision i 3 a matter of absolute necessity. Cape Coast Castle, 1,100 miles from Sierra Leone, is a settlement standing en a projecting rock. To the east of it is a small river, which during the great part of the year is a swamp, and whose water is unfit for the use of man or beast. It is well known that one of the worst of the many insidious dangers of the gold coast is the quality of the water, which produces a dire disease. The water used in this settlement is collected in tanks for the dry season, and the quantity of water required for the use of the regular garrison-250 men—was kept in the port. What official eloquence, what skilful special pleading, can mitigate the fact of sending men to such a coast without any provision for supplying them with extra water ? It is useless to tell us of a distilling apparatus which got to work in May, when the troops were landed in August, as it is useless for the Prime Minister to declare that in the course of a few days after they arrived they were all placed under shelter. In the course of a few days in a climate like that of the Gold Coast ! As Mr. COCHRANE reminded the House, those charged with the interests of the navy must have known the nature of that coast, where at some seasons the ♦apours are of a poisonous and dangerous character. The result of the whole affair was, that two expedi tions were sent up the country, one of 700 men, of whom 180 were dead within five days, another of 400 men, of whom half were dead or disabled. Is this a result likely to strike terror to the Ashantee King ? Private accounts are even more frightful in their details. A letter, well authenticated, but whose writer was not mentioned, says that out of twenty-six officers nearly half have been invalided home, three have died, and four are so ili as to be confined to bed; while of the twelve medical offi cers who accompanied these ill-fated troops three are fever-stricken, throa more invalided, and one dead ; so that the condition of the surgeons is not much better than that of their patients. Four weeks ago Sir JOHN PAKINGTON called attention to the state of affairs, when the Colonial Secretary announced that it was the intention of the Git vern. ment to despatch transports immediately to the fatal spot to remove from it troops equal in number to the extra reinforcements, so as to reduce the amount to those ordinarily accommodated. This four weeks ago; but the promise so glibly given was kept after the fashion of most Whig pledges. The best the Government could do to retrieve its error and save the victims of its precipitancy and folly from still heavier losses was to advertise for a sailing vessel—not a steamer, on account of the expense. Well might the House murmur at such a tale. Bat even then the full measure of cruel neglect was not filled up. Such as she is, this sailing vessel has not yet - started. The best tender that was offered was taken, says Lord C. PAGET, and the men have been working day and night to get fier ready. The naval reputation of the Govern• ment must stand high indeed if the best vessel offered for their service needs a month's hard work to get her fit for sea. Mr. CORRY spoke the feeling of the House and the country when he said that " The moment the cry of distress came from Africa he Admiralty ought to have applied to one . _ of the great s t eam navigation companies for one of their most powerful, roomy, and rapid s t eamers at any price. .... _ But when Sir JOHN HAY mourning the loss of a near rela• tive sacrificed in this wanton waste of life gave notice of his motion, a sudden energy inspired the Government. They gave orders that the Gladiator should at once sail for Cape Coast to fetch away he remnant of the troops. But with all the floe vessels at their disposal the Admiralty thought fit to select a ship declared on unquestioneble authority to be totally unfitted for the purpose; thus needlessly aggravating the sufferings of the invalids. She is to be met at Cape de Verde by a saiiing transport to take the coolies to the West Indies. Why, since the Portuguese will not permit them to land there, not have sent two steamers to convey them at once in comfort across the Atlantic ? The landing of the troops recalls most forcibly the disembarks. tion in the Crimea; in fact General PEEL, a mem. ber of the memorable committee, declared that we had, on the Gold Coast, a repetition on a smaller scale of all the horrors of the first winter in the Crimel. The responsibility of such mismanage went cannot be lightly got rid of. Lord PALMER- STOWS defence was a signal failure. He endeav- oared, with his usual ingenuity, to turn the ques tion from the management of the troops to the war; b zt even then it was impossible not to remem ber that the Minister who so emphatically declared that the honour of the country required that Eng lish protection should not be an empty word, bad not carried out that principle quite so boldly in the north of Europe as on the African Gald Coast. The noble attempt to di vert the matter from a national P a rty movement was al so unsuccessful. lord's question d's into a J o kes fell fiat b e f ore the lists of the dead and disabled. Indignant denials and rash unsu pported by evid ence . human life. no pard ona bl e assertions were powerless It is no light thing to trifle away However innocent the intention, it Is _ . their adeq ua t e f u lfil men t. Englishmen will reve l . offence to u n d er t a k e g reat duties and to neglect shrink from sacrificing their lives when duty e 4i, them, but they will not tamely submit to a lavish expenditure of life and treasure through a corn. bination of recklessness, improvidence, and neglect. There are few things more difficult to define than the nature of appointments; it is almost impossible to draw a line as to where influence should not pre vail, and favouritism have no share. It is seldom that so glaring an instance of this kind of thing is made manifest as was the case the other night when Mr. FERRAND brought forward his motion on the Board of Charity Cemrniisionerq. The hon, member did not do his cause any snvico by rising such vehement language, but, at the same time, he adduced arguments which it may be presumed were unanswerable, for no member of the Governs ment attempted to refute them. Mr. BRUCE ex pressed virtuous indignation at the tone adopted by Mr. FERRAND, and in this plea he very ingeni ously shuffled out of iequiry on the subject. If he really considered that the CALlnisaloners were so misrepresented in the etatements of the hon. mem ber, surely the best service that he could have rendered to them would have been to have proved the fallacy of his arguments, and contradicted his assertions in the most effective manner by an inves tigation. There is no use whatever in making the excuse that such a thing would have been done had this been otherwise or that taken place in a different manner. The fact is, that all legislation that depends on "ifs'' for its basis is very purpose less, and when the apologists of a system are so willing to seize on every available excuse, it makes one suspicions as to their chance of success if the subject had been thoroughly sifted. It is quite cer tain that, allowing for exaggeration by Mr. FER RAND, quite sufficient remains to prove that great blame attaches to the authorities in their manage ment of this matter, and that the public would be surprised and displeased if all the facts were elicited. It is always the fate of these transactions that the secret at last creeps out, and when an inkling of the affair is made further attempts of concealment only aggravate the evil and increase the dilemma. It would seem as if all the golden days of prosperity for the Ministers were now over, as if the " sun that shone so long on them it now had ceased to shine," for tarn which way they will they find nothing but censure passed on their con duct, and meet with nothing but disapproval, The speech of Mr. FERRAND, which has been permitted to go first to the country uncontradicted in all im portant particulars, will do great damage to official credit, or there will be many not slow to remark that the most was made of the ingenious excuse of " personal attack," while no defence was essayed ; and a sort of deprecatory expostulation put forward in lieu of a plain reply to direct charges and decided remarks. For instance, Mr. FERRAND avers that the Charity Board of Commissioners was a "select nest of Whigs ;" and Mr. BRUCE discreetly waives the consideration of that part of the question, but declares that they were all men of acknowledged ability and integrity ; in short, all honourable men. But Mr. FERRAND went much further than dealing in generalities, of hinting vaguely at this or that discrepancy in the conduct of this department. He spoke in very plain terms of some signal in stances of patronage, in which public interest was completely lost sight of, in order that some private motives might prevail and secret intentions be duly carried out. Mr. OSBORNE in his amusing speech made some very telling observations on the state of the case as it stands at present. Ho said, that to allow grave charges to pass like this w.s a great injury done to the gentlemen in the public offices, and that such assertions must be mtt with an inquiry. This is a grave statement, that ought to have weighed with the Government, but doubt less they know best what sort of answer would Le made. As the case stands now a gross injustice has been done to these gentlemen ; it is always an erroneous practice to emit explanations whe❑ charges of so grave a nature are brought forward. There is nothing in which the Government ought to be more careful than in selecting fit and compe tent persons to undertake important duties, and certainly from what was mentioned on Thurs day, it would not appear as if this de sirable end had been at all arrived at. It seems strange that Lord PALMERSTON should have allowed such aspersions on his character to pass by unnoticed, either by himself or some of 12'..a friends aad supporters. There is no doubt that all these remarks and observations were more directed against the authorities in headquarters than against the more humble individuals chiefly mentioned. Allowing, for the sake of argument, that much and all was true that Mr. FERRAND so vehemently declared about Mr. SmloNs and others, nothing iu the statement at all effected their reputation com pared with the manner in which it compromised those who had appointed him to the office he filled. It is a serious thing to say against any official that 'or party ends and private purposes he has been in diced to appoint those he knows are not competent to any post whatever, and therefore it does appear inconsistent that no explanation was vouchsaled,and no answer given to the series of extraordinary relations, and the curious questions put by the hon. member for Newport. He overreached him- self in being so bitter, for many who might have supported him, had he come forward in a quieter style, were naturally deterred from acting when they found the matter so personal and almost offensive in its bearing. Still, enough has been said or done to inflict considerable damage on the management of the whole affair, and the anecessfu extrication of the Government from the committee did not preclude the awkwardnaes altogether which nseparably attaches itself to these insinuations and suggestions. It would appear as if the Cabinet cared for nothing that did not absolutely imperil their position, - and prevent them from keeping in ;heirlinssesgion the blessings of place an'd.POWer:t' We make no apology for again adverting to the question of the " Amalgamation of the Customs and Excise," being well assured that it is a subject which may with great advantage engage the attention of all practical reformers. For although we are not sanguine enough to believe that the time will ever come —certainly not in our generation—when the duties collected by these great revenue departments will be reduced within such limits that the two services may be undertaken by one Commission, yet are we equally confident in our belief that there are many departments in the two services performing analogous duties, we refer more especially to those of law and statistics, which might, with great advantage to the public interest and a corresponding economy of the public purse, be united under one control. In animadverting upon the grievances of the Custom House officials, as set forth in the numerous petitions which have lately been presented to the House of Commons, we have taken especial care not to confound the public weal with the personal inte rests of the petitioners. Inasmuch as private rights must give way to the public good ; so great as are the grievances alleged by the Custom House officials, were they not inconsistent with the public good, we should decline in the interests of the public to have anything to do with them. Bat we stated then, as we take leave now to re peat, that the system which obtains in this branch of the civil service, whilst operating prejudicially in respect to those employed is at the same time both inefficient and unsatisfactory to the mercantile public generally. The numerous letters which have appeared in our columns, as well as in those of our cont emporaries —not even excepting those of our London Charivari, of whom we are all proud—in approval of our remarks, and condemnatory of Custom-house official procedure, are, in themselves, undeniable evidence of this fact, as well as showing that the pablie are alive to the manifold incon veniences arising fr om the i r circumlocutory mode of busine ss , and to the baneful effects— pound-foolish system -- of i tt c hr s ae u n ffi sPl c ce i nt e in n cY t g lY •wi r 2 e e mu an ne d rating a most us•zfal and in branch of Government officials. telligent On a former th ccawe showed th a t, b y a sim plification system ° of accounts and a re-ar oe sn rangement of departments, both the public and the employes could be radically end permanently bene fited—the former by receiving statistical informa tion in a more direct, and therefore speedier manner; the latter by being placed on a footing in unison with other branches of the Civil Service performing analogous duties to themselves. At the same time the increased cost, as shown, being trifling, com pared with the great advantages that would imme. diately accrue to all the parties concerned. As guardians of the public puree we would never advocate any system that should be productive of needless expense; but when we see demoralisation and dissatisfaction eating like a canker into a great department of the State; when, mureover, we see the discontent of a large and respectable body of public officials—a discontent, too, which in candour we cannot say is unjustified by the causes al leged as the grounds thereof, as wall as being evidenced by frequent resignations--we at once conclude that there is a wrong to be remedied. " U'oi jus ibi remedium" is a maxim as applicable here as in a court of law or equity. And although the amount of right of these complainants is one of com parison only, it is not the less a right, for both civil society and individual status are alike estimated by this standard of comparison. In what way, then, aan the heart-burnings and discontent of this generally deserving class of offi cials be removed, and the service restored to a really sound and workable condition ? Any large addition to the Civil Service Estimates would hardly be submitted to in the present temper of the House of Commons ; nor would the Government be justified in any such proposal. But such an addition is not sought by these petitioners. The whole that is really required is that the House of Commons should fol low in the wake of public opinion in the manage ment of the business which the nation intrusts to them. Let them grata the Committee which the petitioners ask for. Let their alleged grievances be thoroughly sifted by the Committee when granted; but above all, we speak in the interest of the public, let the mode of transacting business whether in passing an Eatry or supplying Acaounts, undergo a thorough and searching investigation. For ourselves, we believe th a t th ere i s ample scope in the redundancy of forms acd circumlo cutory system of obtaining accounts from the Customs through the Board of Trade for the pruning knife of a judicious legislator, as well as in placing analogous departments under one management, and in weeding the service of those who are either use less or unnecessary. It is to this last that we should look to effect a saving that might be beneficially applied in increasing the incomes of the really effective employ ei of the service. Above all, as a means of removing the prevailing discontent, let due consideration be given to all well-founded complaints; since it is manifestly un just to treat officials from whom the Government has exacted a high standard of education and effi ciency, and who confessedly discharge their duties intelligently and faithfully, with studied indiffe rence or shuffling expedients. We all know from the returns which the Statisti cal department of the Customs bas furnished Mr' LINDSAY that all branches of commerce have doubled, and in many cases quadrupled, within the last 15 years. We also know that with the increase acd diffusion of wealth come habits more expensive and tastes more refined, and it is only right and just that the Government officials should participate with the rest of the community in this higher standard of civilization and refinement, We would further take leave to remind the Go vernment that this is the era of amalgamations. The roost acute and businesglike men in the City act upon the time-honoured maxim that " Union is Strength," and in furtherance of this principle have found that no great undertakings can be carried out with reasonable hope of profit emcept by Companies and Societies. Indeed, so strongly imbued is the public mind with this "idea" that the majority of our Banking, and many mercantile firms, ha;eeither themselves fused for their better success, or have quietly glided into joint-stock companies; it having been practically demonstrated that Companies can work cheaper from their organization being at once more simple and complete, thus enabling them to remunerate their servants better, while securing at the same time an ample prcfit to their share holders. So it must also be with the Customs and the Ex cise. Willing or unwilling the governing bodies of these departments must prepare themselves to follow, since they will not lead, in the wake of public opinion. Either the high salaries given to Boards and Chiefs of departments are for their past services or their present management. If for the former, let them take What they have earned and be gone ! If for the latter, let them give the State the results of their experience, and, like the great Sir ROWLAND HILL, organise and reorganise their departments until the complaints of the. Tublic are satisfied, and theslisconten . valid dissatithAltion of; . the Service removed'. e , ' • ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-r-Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accom panied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence-on Saturday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Baroness de Grancey, Baron Westerweller, and Col, Rep pel. Among the fashionable company present were the Duke and Duchess of M anc h ester , t h e D u k e o f Rutland, the Duke of Granada, the Marquis of Hartington, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl Granville, the Countess of Fife, the Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven, the Earl and Countess of Egmont, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Count and Countess Wczele, Count Bathyany, Viscount and Viscountess Hereford, Viscount Hinchinbroke, Vis • count Maynard and the Hon. Miss Maynard, Lord and Lady Poltimore and Miss Sheridan, Lord Stanley of Alder ley, Lady Panmure, Lord Hastings, Lord and Lady'Trede gar, Lady Henrietta Allen and Miss Allen, Lady Gertrude Rolle and the Hon. Mark Rolle, Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Florence Paget, Lady Honeywood, Lord and Lady Walls • court and the lion. Miss Blake and the Hon. Mrs J. Mac donald, Lady Augusta Milbank and Mr Milbank, Lady Dashwcod, Lord and Lady Edward Thynho, Lord Llan over, Colonel the Hon. St. George Foley, Hon. Mrs Cust, Hon. Mrs Duff, Hon. Mrs Dudley Ward, Hon. Mrs Pereira, Hon. Mr and Mrs F. Stonor, Hon. F. L. Gower, Hon. H. Eliot, Lady W. Fraser, Sir Laurence Palk, Sir G. Army tage, Lady Gooch and Miss Gooch, Lord Rutland and Lady Airey, Adriiral Ryder Burton, Colonel Farquharson (of Invercauld), Colonel Miachin, Colonel Dickson and Mrs Dickson, Colonel Cuddy, Colonel Airey, Major Gage, Cap- I fain Pemberton, Captain Spiers, Mrs Cavendish Bentinck, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--•The Queen's box at Her Majesty's Theatre was, on Saturday eTening, occupied by the Countess de Grey and party. Amongst the numerous visitors also honouring Her Majesty's Theatre with their attendance were the Duke and Duchess of Wel lington, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Countess of Bective, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Countess of Desart, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, the Viscountess Midleton, the Vis count Exmouth, Lord Edward Thynne, Lady Clarges, Lady Lawley, Lady Mary Fane, General Sir G. Bowles, K.C.8., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard, General Sir Proby Cantley, Sir Ivor Bertie Guest. Bart, &c. ASSEMBLY AT CAMBRIDGE HOUSE,—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand dinner on Sa turday evening at Cambridge Ilcuse, Piccadilly. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, C. 8., honoured the noble Premier and her ladyship by his company. Lady Herbert of Lea, we learn by telegraph, is detained at Constantinople by tha serious illness, from fever, of her eldest daughter, Lady Mary Herbert. It will be recollected by many of our readers that her ladyship and family passed the winter in Egypt, and, following the example of most of the English tourists in the East, after leaving Alexandria went on a tour in Turkey. The Earl of Pembroke and Lady Maude Herbert had left Constanti nople fur home before Lady Mary was taken ill, intending to proceed to England via Trieste and Vienna. The youth ful earl and his sister are daily expected to reach London. Lady Rtalt has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Dowager Lady Bowyer Smijth and Mr and Mrs Bary have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyrystreet, on their return to Thorps Lee. THE SUN, LONDON, MONbAY EVENING, JUKE 20, Mt LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FURTHER PARTICULARS or THE DESTRUCTION OF THE " ALABAMA," SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 20. From further particulars received here of yester day's engagement it appears that Capt. Semmes accepted the challenge of the Kearsage to fight, although aware that his adversary carried 50 more men than his own vessel, and was a larger ship with heavier guns. Capt. Semmes was not, how ever, aware the Kearsage was chain-plated under her outside planking. Shortly after the action commenced a shot from the Kearsage killed three men on board the Ala bama, cutting them to pieces, and a second shot wounded three more men and killed another; while a third shot carried away the blade of the Alabama's fan and part of the rudder on her deck, disabling a gun and causing much damage. Below and forward her compartments were all carried away, and the fire-room was filled with water. The Alabama fought under sail, first using her starboard battery, and afterwards her port battery. Sne continued the engagement until the muzzles of her guns were under water, and one part of her deck was covered with dead and wounded. When found in a sinking state the Alabama ceased fighting, and lowered her boats, in which the dead and wounded wen placed. Shortly after terwards the Alabama sank, the officers and crew jumping into the sea, when the Kearsage's boats came up to assist in saving the crew. The officer in command of the boats inquired for Semmes, and was told that he was drowned, whereas he had already been picked up by the yacht Daerhound and stowed away, the yacht having then steamed off with all speed, expecting the Kearsage would attempt to capture those on board. Before the Alabama left C:terbourg to engage the Kearsge Capt. Semmes sent on shore an iron cheat containing specie, 60 chronometers, and other valuables. The engagement is described by the owner of the yacht Deerhound as a most brilliant affair, the fighting being severe and at short distance. The Alabama's guns were served most rapidly, but doing less execution. The Kearsage, however, is said to have sustained much damage, her sides being torn open, showing the chain plating. The officers of the Alabama estimate their loss in killed and wounded at from 30 to 40 men. Captain Semmes is very unwell, through being in the water a considerable time, and in consequence of wound in his hand. FRANCE. MARSEILLES, JUNE 40, Adviees from Tangiers state that the Governor of retuan has been dismissed and thrown into prison. MARSEILLES JUNE 20. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Said, Capt. Burnet, left here yesterday with the India end China mails. She took 40 passengers, 391 packages of merchandise, £lBB,OlB in specie for India and China, and 60 passengers, 1,774 packages and specie, value £5,240, for Alexandria. Advices from Alexandria state that the Emir Addel-Kader, after having terminated his pilgrim age to Mecca, was brought from Suez to Cairo on the 6th by a special railway train. M. de Sainte. Foix, the French consul, went to receive him at the station, and conducted him to the palace of Missafir- Kaneb, placed at his disposal by the Viceroy. The Emir's intention was to have proceeded immediately to Syria, but as the packet for Beyrout would not leave fur a fortnight, he intended to devote the in terval to visiting the works of the Suez Canal. BOURSE, June 18.—The market continues in the same unsettled state. with little business doing. Threes, for the Account, after having been done a 4 66f. tic., are now at 66fr. 121 c.. with rather seilers than bu:iers. Mobilier are a trifle lower, having been last done at 1,077 f. 50c. Railway Market weak, and some of the lines have slighiy receded. The market closed as follows : 42 per Cents. 93 50 Italian Loan 69 90 Do. end month.... Do. end month 69 90 3 per Cents Do. end month.... •66 10 Nthv Mexican Credit Mobilier.... 1076 25 Russian Do. end m0nth....1075 Austrian Bank Shares 3395 Spanish Threes.... 5l A Credit toncter 1240 home Debt, — Roman RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto SJuthern Western Eastern .... Cash. Account. 871 25 .. 870 987 60 .. 992 50 877 50 .. 877 50 650 - .. 651 25 502 50 .. 465 - .. 466 -- -- Sardinian Austrian Lcrplmrd North of Spain Saragossa . . Ditto to Barcelona HIS HOLINESS THE POPE, at the instigation of the Archaeological Institution of Rome, is about to restore Cola di Rienzi's house near the Temple of Vesta. " BROTHER BERNARD" of the English Order of St. Benedict, has joined the Roman Catholic Church at " St. Joseph's Retreat," Highgate, MR. CHARLES DICKENS'S "Great Expectations" has been translated into French by Ch. B. Derosne, ' BLAKE'S CONVERSATION WITH THE GHOST OF VOLTAIRE.—When the shrewd Engli3h barrister asked whether Voltaire spoke in English, Blake replied, " The impression on my mind was English of course, but I have no doubt that he touched the keys French," A FRENCH SENSATION NOVEL has just appeared called " Les Dramas de Montfaucon," in which the prac • tices of the barber of the middle ages, who supplied his neighbour the pastry cook with human flesh for pies, are set furth in true modern sensational language. " ANYTHING NEW IN THE PAPERS ? '—" Some thing A-maizing.—The celebrated paper manufactory of Schlagelmuhl, at Vienna, has succeeded, after many at tempts, in producing excellent paper from maize leaves. EARL RUSSELL'S FIRST WIFE, the Countess of Ribblesdale, was a widow, and a lady of ample proportions, hence his lordship was called by the wits the widuw's mite. "Oh l" exclaimed a lady to whom this witticism was re lated at a dinner party, " I now see how it came to pass that his lordship was cast into the Treasury I"—Bristol Mercury. QUEEN'S PLATES.—Mr. Percy Wyndham has given notice that on Tuesday, the 28th June, he will move in the Commons, " That as the annual grant of sums of money voted by this house for Queen's Plates no longer encourages the breed of good horses, the object for which it was originally given, it should for the future be dkcon tinned." The Royal servants (with the exception of those in immediate attendance upon her Majesty) have resumed their scarlet liveries, with crape on the left arm. Her Ma jesty has not yet allowed any music at the Castle. The private band does not play, and the military relieve guard without the band or drums and fifes playing,—Caurt Journal. MASSLIAL PELISSIER is to have a statue in the middle of the Boulevare de Sebastopol." RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS OF THE SOLDIERS AND MARINES.—From a retain which has been made to Parliament of the numbers and religious denomina tions of all the soldiers in her Majesty's land marine forces, whether stationed at home or abroad, it appears that on the Ist of April last a total of 194,366 men were classed as follows :—Episcopalians, 109,760; Presbyterians, 20,798 ; other Protestants, 5,290 ; Roman Catholics, 58,598. In the cavalry there were 15,015 Protestants of all denominations and 2,767 Roman Catholics; while in the infantry of the line the proportion differs considerably, the number of Pro testants being 82,518, and of Roman Catholics 48,318. The Royat Marines numbered on the same date 15,193 Protestants of all denominations, and 1,448 Roman Catholics, THE LIVERPOOL RA MS.—A correspondent, in a letter to nu, writes as follows :—Had the British Ministry allowed the two Liverpool rams, the Pampero, and the iron cased frigate now belonging to the Danish Government, and lying in Glasgow harbour, to go to the assistance of the Confederates, the strong probability is that ere now :he latter would have achieved their independence, and the lives of between 100,000 and 200,000 men saved. Truly the Whig Minietry have much to newer for, LITERATURE. Maude Talbot. By Holme Lee. With Five Iglus trationF. New edition. One vol. pp, 405 Smith, Elder, and Co, The new volume of Messrs. Smith and Elder's illustrated editions of popular works contains a re-issue of }Lime Lee's very charming story of Maude Talbot," a very happy selection, for the history of the ambitious Maude and the gentle Lettice is full of interest and instruction. In the frontispiece, the fair heroine is seen deep in a momentous reverie, discussing the rival claims of Love and Ambition. The poet has told us how when " Love took up the glass of Time and turned it in his glowing hands, E very moment lightly shaken ran itself in golden sands." Maude Talbot makes a different selection, and the golden sunshine is banished from her life. The story is one of the best from Holme Lee's prolific pen. Thoughts frotn a Girl's Life. By Lucy Fletcher, Oue vol. pp. 162. Macmillan and Co. "These verses," says the writer, "are the true expressions of the thoughts and feelings of a girl's life, and as such they are given specially to other girls." The little poems thus introduced justify their author's comment. They are eminently thoughtful and suggestive of thought. They do not evince any great poetical merit, but are remarkable for their simplicity and earnestness. In ono little poem, entitled " Singing," the fair authoress ex claims, and evidently with truth— " I sing my heart out for the gladness in it, As less a poet than a happy bird, Singing because I must sing as the linnet, Unthinking by what ears my song is heard." Come of .her fanciful itnages are felicitous, as when she speaks of the leaves and flowers wakened in the early morning by the " mother kiss of dawn." One little poem, "The Children's Future," is very hap pily conceived and very ingeniously carried out— the moral lesson of life— " Here is love His to be trusted, Yonder to be understood," receives in these simple verses a very appropriate and charming illustration. Day Dreams of a Schoolmaster. By D'Arey W. Thompson. One Vol. pp. 328. Edmoneton and Douglas. In a kindred spirit to that in which Childe Harold detested Horace as associated with the reminiscences of the Latin grammar— if The dull task that daily turned My sickening memory," —in a kindred spirit C0.. - !s the Schoolmaster before us express his disapproval of the ordinary forcing, mechanical, and incomprehensible system of modern education. Pitifully does he dilate upon the sorrows of his early experiences, when, at the age of seven and a half he entered as a pupil on the under form at St. Edmund's. THE LATIN GRAMMAR. The day after my entry into this colossal institution, a Latin grammar was placed into my hands, It was a bulky hook of its kind : considering the diminutiveness of the new student, a portentously bulky nook. It was bulky in con sequence of its comprehensiveness, It gave all imaginable rules, and all imaginable exceptionS. It had providentially stored within it the requisite gear for whatever casualty might befall us. The syntax rules, in the edition presented to me, were, for the first time, rendered mercifully in Eng lish : those for gender and quantity remained in the old Latin ; and the Latin was communicated in a hideously discordant rhythm. Over a space of years we went syste matically through and through that book ; page atter page, chapter after chapter. It was all unintelligible; al, obscure; but some spots were wrapt in more tnan ordinary gloom. Oar chronic bewilderment was varied from time to time by shooting pains, brought on by some passage or expression unusually indigestible. We read of creatures, happily few in number, that went about in the Epiccene Gender. Were they fish, flesh, or fowl P Would the breed be ever extinct ? Under certain despetate circumstances, a participle and a noun together were bound hand and foot, and put into the Ablative Absolute. What had they done, to be treated in a manner thus peremptory, unreasonable, crotchety ? Did they ever get out after being once put in ? Then there were gerunds in 1)1, Do, and Duni. How they recalled to us that old Fee, Fi, Fo, Film, and the smell of English blood I And supines in Um and U. What was the meaning of these cabalistic nam.is ? I did not know then ; and I don't know now. And yet 1 have been behind the scholastic curtain for twelve long years. Bewailing the fate of himself and his fellow-victims ht: continues— The round-shot of a Latin grammar had been, I belhve, tied to our legs, to prevent our intellectually straying. However, in course of time we became habituated to the encumbrance, and ceased to feel it as a serious check upon our movements. The hour at length arrived, in which it was considered wise to attach another round-shot to our other legs. This was done accordingly in the shape of a Greek grammar, written entirely in Latin. This extra weight answered the purpose effectually : we were all brought to an immediate standstill. A little later on the Schoolmc..ster tells us how he would impart Latin and other learning after his own fashion, by calling in aid the understanding rather than the memory. A quaint humour per vades the whole series of meditations. In the one chapter entitled " Teeth on edge and closed lips" we have an amusing glimpse of university exami nations and school exhibitions, beginning— The Cardinal of Westminster has the reputation of being the best Latinist of all that now wear scarlet stockings. What an interesting experiment it would be to kidnap his Eminence with the ambassador from Athens into the Cam bridge senateA4' , 44 o ,iyhen the annual prize exercises w e r e ,being Lea€l.o Latin'end Greek verse. The very delightful chapter on " Nursery Reform" is worthy of being read by all mothers and all Governesses. The Schoolmaster premises that he loves little children— Aud I care not whether they be blonde or brown ; clean or dirty; lordlings or chimney •sweepkins. Not a button, I would rather they were not not too good ; or goody. Let us have a little naughtiness, sprinkled in at intervals: it gives a flavour to the insipidity of vegetable innocence. A Pharisee is not a pleasant object, be he clad in swallow tails or cotton frock, And there is a social Pharisee as well as a reiigions one. Clean face and glossy curls must never frown up,na little, smutty, streetling Publican, No, no : it is quite possible that this little sparrow-boy but rarely washes his face ; more rarely says his prayers; and never blows his nose : which practices are common with genteel canary-children. But not a sparrow falleth to the ground without our Father. Let us all have a share of natural commoners; of whole some naughtiness ; of clean dirt. Let us stand occasionally in the cotter of repentance; "outside of all joy, like Neptune in the cold." Then will we promise to be good ; we will throw tiny arms round papa's neck ; will kiss him half way through his yellow beard ; we'll be happy for ever, and ever, and ever, and live on teffey and almond reek. 0 the bliss of making up I The rain after drought the sunshine after rain I Yea: 'tis a sweet thing and a pleasant to have been a little naughty. Eliminate misloing from the world, and you annihilate charity. The air is uninhabitable from a surplus of oxygen. The good deed shines no longer that glistened like a glow worm in a naughty world. Imagine, reader, the humiliat ing condition of a good parson who has overdone his duty : the vestrymen are better than he ; the clerk is better than the vestr3 men ; the pewopener is suspected of being batter than them all. Why, the church is top-heavy : another effort, and it will stand upon its spire. Come back to the old ways, my friend. There must be degrees; there must be degrees. But while I can regard with complacency a little naughtiness in children, I am grieved to the heart to see their eyes dimmed ever so little, and their cheeks ever so times, so pale. 0 me, for the faces that one sees at so wee, and wan, and old I for the little tiny Elders who begin life at the wrong end I then follows a very humorous description of the horrors of rudimentary education—learning by rote:— - - From dawn to eve, this su mmer 's day, they are comtnit dug to memory all words that end in ock, as cock, knoek, block, rock, stock, smock, flock—beginnin g with a cock that must not crow; for the fowl is as yet unprovided with verb, and Conjugation, and voice—most essential this for crowing —and mood and ten,,e, and number and person ; and ending wit h a flock that must neither trolic nor bleat. To-morrow they will give undivided at tention to words that end in dom, as kingdom, beadlsdon ; the day following, to words in ition, as deglutition, per dition; then to words in ration, as trituration, botheration; and so on for a month or two, till the category of ordinary words is exhausted, But our schoolmaster can bo tender and pathetic as well as sarcastic and humorous ; witness, in the chapter on the education of girls, entitled "Place dux Dames," the following touching and evidently truthful recollection : A TRIBUTE. And once upon a time, Reader—a long, long while ago —I knew a schoolmaster; and that schoolmaster had a wile. And sho was young, and fair, and learned ; like that princess-pupil of old Aschana ; fair and learned as S 3 dney's sieter, Pembroke's ruotber, And her yoice was ever sell, gentle, and low, Reader : an excellent thing in Nyma n And her fingers were quick at needlework, and nimble it all a housewife's cunning. And she could draw sweet music from the ivory board ; and sweeter, stranger music from the dull life of her schoolmaster-husband. And she was slow of heart to understand mischief, but her feet ran swift to do good. And the was simple with the simplicitY girlhood, and wise with the wisdom that cometh only o f the Lord,—cometh only to the children of the kingdom. And her sweet, young life was as a Morning Hymn, sung by child voices to rich organ music. Time shall throw his dart at Death, ere Death has slain such another. For she died, reader : a long, long while ago. And stood once by her grave ; her green grave , not far from dear Dunedin. Died, reader—for all she was so fair and young, and learned, a nd s i m ple, and good. And lam told it made a great difference to that schoolmaster. And, again, here is an emphatic appeal from the heart of thcSchoolmaster to his fellow-labourers THE SCHOOLMASTER. Then shall he put into their tiny hands the interesting and exhaustive Biographies of the great Busbiquiue. Bungfungus ; and by homoeopathic treatment each BM graphy shall he made to occupy many weeks so that the children, in reading the death of Polzeologus, and Nithro • barzanes, and other favourite heroes, may have forgotten the circumstances of their lives. And if they read a fable, they shall read it in minute portions, so that, on arriving at the tail or moral, they may be unable to apply it to the body. And in their daily reLdings they shall continually slug their verbal and syntactic formu'rn, which shall sound like mystic hymns in the ears of their delighted parents. With this very eloquent dtfiuition of the &go t y and duty of the schoolmaster we take leave of this very thoughtful and very interesting volume. --- The Six Sisters of the Valley : an Historical Romance. By the Bev. W. Bromley -M oore, M.A. One vol. pp. 502. Ill us t ra t e d. Logiliall and Co. This is an historical romance, founded on th e wars of the Waldensee, ce l e b rate d i n the son net of Milton. On the title-page the rev. su tlia , r quotes from th e C ount d e M onta l em b er t the lc"' lowing approp r i a t e o b servat i on :—" d E clare t b9t I feel en invincible ho rror f or a ll tortu res a ud violence inflicted upon h uman i ty un d er t h e pr etext opini on of serving or d e f e ndi ng re li g i on "— an which will meet with very general sympathY from t Christians of all denominations in the pre serl , 0 century. Whether Ch r i st i an c h ar i ty i s likely t be promoted by a rev i va l o f paet animosities set forth in the pages o f a romance i s a ques tion t hat might judiciously be suggested to the W I advocates of religious toleration. Essays on Social Subjects from the Saturday Review. One vol., pp. 305. Blackwood. The very vigorous and occasionally brilliact essays upon social subjects, which h ave for 012° time past interested the readers of the Saul Review, are here c o ll ec t e d i n one volume, svbi;eth will be welcomed by th ose a l rea d y familiar with the writer, while oth ers , as y et unacqua i n ted 'P th his felicitous animadversions upon men and thing s ' have now a pleasantopportunityof examining th! fl3 2 , " Busy People" and "Fooli s h Thi ngs, " on "SaYll3° Disagreeable Things," and "Having One's Own Way ;" on "The Want of Money," and " rtie Uses of Pathos," on " False Shame" and" Fluency Ii on "Snubbing" and " Shi r ki ng ," B ce. , are the topics for consideration. The writer sal * happily, on the title-page, that he " sat down t° write a book to tell the wor ld w h a t the V rici ii had all his life been telling him"—end suc is evidently the cas e . Th ese essays are for the most part the results of attentive observation, and if they. are some of them superficial in their mode of treatment, they are all animated and viva' cious in style, whi e, b es id es t h at, mos t of the"' „, very interesting and attractive. rrN kr pi 4. Crun gi rcu lar. 4 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, sane 18• Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice, at' tended by AUIle Norelle, went to Claremont yes' terday afternoon, and visited the Queen Mole At/elle. The Dean of Westminster and Lady A ug usts Stanley had the honour of dining with her MsjeslY and the Royal Family. The Duchess of Wellington left the Castle this morning for London. . The Queen drove in the grounds this morning attended by Lady Augusta Stanley. He; Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, returned from London. JUNE 1 9 . His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon. Earl Be Grey and Ripon and the Dean of Cibrit st ‘ church also arrived. • __. The Queen, Prince Alfred, Princess liel egiB l Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Le o l sl° ' and Princess Beatrice, end the Ladies and Gentle' men in Waiting attended Di v i ne serv i ce this El l°rll o ing in the private chapel; the Very Rev. the Des of Caristchurch preached the sermon. The Prince and Princess of Wales , 114 tio 'l 4nee: ! r ef f *afes, rode on horseback lv t forenoon on Saturday, attendedbyL ieut.-C° l°:l° ' Keppel. ied The Prince and Princess of W a l es , a ccomPa n by Prince and Princess Louis of H ess e, took a c 6" riage drive. The Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of H esse, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel and Captaia c° l Westerweller, went to a conv ersa zi one at the College of Physicians. • of The Prir.cess of W a l e s and the Pri ncess Lot 11 0: • Hesse went to the Italian Opera, Covent Garda , ill the evening, attended by the Marchioness Of Car marthen, Baroness von Grapey, and Mr. Vl r `• ;°-. Mr. Engletiart, in the name of the Duke of I s T ° r; castle, presented to th e P r i ncess o f W a les a g old casket, offered as a brid a l g if t f rom Lady Y °lll3g and the ladies of New South Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Ma r : chieness of Carmarthen and Lieut.. Colonel RePlie; in, vvaiting, attended Divine servic 3 at the CaaPe Royal, St, James's, yesterday morning. Tbo ,Communion service was read by the BO' the Subdean, the Rev. It 0. Packman, and the Rev. H. M. Birch. The Ray. H. M. Birch preached the sermon froto St. Matthew, chapter 17, latter part of verse 5: " Hear ye Him." The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse leg Marlborough House at half-past one o'clock fo r Windsor Castle. Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridg e had a dinner party on Saturday evening, at her res idence in St. James's Palace, expressly to meet his Royal I:lj2;l ine r 6ll the Grand Duk e of Mecklenburg-x•Arelitz before his del3s-- turn for Germany. Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Count ess de Pari s w i l l h onour Frances Countess Waldegra ve wit s , their presence at her ball at Strawberry Hill on Thu r6 ‘ lB " the 23d of June. The Archbishop of Canterbury received th : Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Ijr t Gladstone and a select party at dinner on Sat urdaY 8 _ Lambeth Palace. The Marquis and Mlrchioness of AilesburY returned to their residence in Pall-mall on Saturday eve iv. ing, from attending the marr i age o f L or d and Lady ElPlll'l' stone, at Dunmore Park, near Falkirk, N.B. The Earl do Grey, wh o !eft town after t he Cabinet Ceuncil on Saturday on a visit to her 3 , l9.ies t / P returned to town this morning. The Earl of Wilton left Grosvenor square ° ll Saturday for Cowes, Isle of Wight, for a few days. Field-Marshal V,scount and Viscountess C 01314 bermero will leave town in tho course of the present weelg for Combermsre Abbey, Cheshire. The noble and ga llant viscount and viscountess intend to visit Buxton this season. Lord and Lady Egerton cf Tattoo entertained his Excellency Baron Bentinck, the Earl and Co untess of Erne, the Earl and Countess of Airlie, the Earl and Cann teas of Galloway and Lady Helen Stewart, th e Countess (now.) of Essex, Lord William Hay, Lord Edward Caccn. dish, Mr and Lady Virginia Sandars, Hon Mrs Raslai.eigeht. Sir Joseph Pax,on, Colonel Mure, Mr Peel, on Saturday at the family mansion in St. Jams $ rquarc... Lady enurchill has arrived at the ,e Utorb° Hotel, a t dinn,